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Last update - 08:05 19/09/2006
EU cancels Lebanon tour after entry refused to Israeli MK
By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent

A delegation representing the European Union cancelled its visit to Lebanon after the Lebanese government refused entry to Knesset Deputy Speaker Majali Wahaba (Kadima).

EU sources stated that the delegation, which was set to tour areas of Lebanon damaged during the war, would not leave without Wahaba and cancelled the trip.

The group, which was to include parliamentary representatives from Europe and the Middle East, was planned as part of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership (Euromed), devoted to strengthening ties between Europe and Mediterranean countries.

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The team had intended to tour the country to assess damage caused in the month-long war between Israel and Hezbollah.

Wahaba asserted that the refusal to allow Israeli participation in the mission jeopardizes the basic foundations of Euromed's Barcelona Process for strengthening cooperation between countries of the Mediterranean.

A large number of the EU delegation members supported the Israeli position and decided to cancel the mission.

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  1.   My, my...discrimination? 21:05  |  qzz 18/09/06
  2.   So where are the Europe bashers? 21:12  |  Jeroen 18/09/06
  3.   BETTER FUTURE FOR LEBANON 21:26  |  Loyal Lebanese 18/09/06
  4.   Wow 21:36  |  Steph 18/09/06
  5.   was bombing part of Barcelona process? 21:54  |  Jan Elshout 18/09/06
  6.   Jeroen #2 22:14  |  Gee 18/09/06
  7.   fair`s fair 22:31  |  Marco 18/09/06
  8.   EU cancells Lebanon tour 22:39  |  Rodney Stack 18/09/06
  9.   #3 - better future for Lebanon 22:56  |  Sammy Salameh 18/09/06
  10.   Lebanon could not guarantee his safety? 23:01  |  Ziad 18/09/06
  11.   at last 23:09  |  michel 18/09/06
  12.   They should have let him in and then arrested him 23:38  |  Brian 18/09/06
  13.   Answer to #3 23:42  |  Sergio 18/09/06
  14.   MK visit 23:55  |  Adam - Arab-Israeli 18/09/06
  15.   5 JAN ELSHOUT 00:04  |  ron 19/09/06
  16.   It would have been very funny, Brian 00:04  |  Jacob Blues 19/09/06
  17.   #2. Jeroen 00:11  |  unhyphenatedAmerican 19/09/06
  18.   MK touring the damaged area of Beirut? 00:12  |  Lebanese 19/09/06
  19.   # 2 Wait few days, EU will come up with some scheme... 00:17  |  Haham me Bat Yam 19/09/06
  20.   # 2 Wait few days, EU will come up with some scheme... 00:18  |  Haham me Bat Yam 19/09/06
  21.   Sergio what are you talking about 00:18  |  Omar 19/09/06
  22.   @2 Gee 00:21  |  jeroen 19/09/06
  23.   #12 Grian 00:24  |  Mordechai 19/09/06
  24.   Why should they see how little was damaged? Lebanese beggars 00:25  |  Absolute Sweden 19/09/06
  25.   to Sergio Buens Aires 00:30  |  Lebasese 19/09/06
  26.   # 10 But you allowed MKs led by Bishara to visit Lebanon. 00:31  |  Haham me Bat Yam 19/09/06
  27.   Wow. There is still a technical state of war 00:41  |  Mark Lincoln 19/09/06
  28.   Brian in USA 00:43  |  rich 19/09/06
  29.   Jan Elshout 00:46  |  rich 19/09/06
  30.   Jeroen 00:48  |  rich 19/09/06
  31.   EU canels trip to Lebanon 00:49  |  Adam 19/09/06
  32.   Good , that s was the right reaction 01:01  |  fatima 19/09/06
  33.   #15 Absolute Sweden 01:25  |  Jimmy 19/09/06
  34.   Brian, #12 01:28  |  Joe 19/09/06
  35.   #19 Too early for that 01:36  |  Loyal Lebanese 19/09/06
  36.   Graet answer #5 01:38  |  kkk 19/09/06
  37.   Arrest him 01:41  |  angiolillo 19/09/06
  38.   don`t go, an earthquick could hit lebanon and Syria 01:54  |  Gaza Boy 19/09/06
  39.   THIS OUTRAGE WILL BACKFIRE 01:54  |  Arik Silverman 19/09/06
  40.   jeroen #15 02:02  |  Gee 19/09/06
  41.   funny Jeroen, brian!! 02:03  |  yo 19/09/06
  42.   Adam in Denver 02:05  |  rich 19/09/06
  43.   For Brian, #12 02:05  |  Brant 19/09/06
  44.   Sergio...agree!!! 02:06  |  yo 19/09/06
  45.   #4 re:WOW 02:10  |  * BEN JABO 19/09/06
  46.   STupid officials 02:15  |  Amir 19/09/06
  47.   Pleasantly surprising 02:26  |  An Australian 19/09/06
  48.   Someone should explain the facts to the Euros 02:29  |  rick 19/09/06
  49.   Arab Israeli MK`s face arrest, Jewish MK is a martyr? 02:34  |  Pablo B 19/09/06
  50.   Absolute Sweeden, "non-existant destruction"?? 02:47  |  Ziad 19/09/06
  51.   Yeah, and Osama wants to visit ground zero 02:57  |  watcher X 19/09/06
  52.   #30 Stupid Amir 02:58  |  Loyal Lebanese 19/09/06
  53.   No Nasrallah in Haifa, No JEW in Lebanon 03:00  |  common sense 19/09/06
  54.   Just like Bush.... 03:02  |  watcher X 19/09/06
  55.   WHAT MK MR WAHABA DID TO STOP ISRAEL`S WAR? 03:22  |  Lebanese 19/09/06
  56.   another missed opportunity 03:26  |  alan 19/09/06
  57.   It would be funnier if Brian (#12) were arrested! 03:34  |  Rick 19/09/06
  58.   Next Israel and U.S. will want to ...... 03:47  |  Economics 19/09/06
  59.   Next the U.S. and Israel will want ...... 04:00  |  Economics 19/09/06
  60.   signs of the messiah`s return 04:30  |  Ann 19/09/06
  61.   EU & UN wolves in sheep`s clothing 04:40  |  Ann 19/09/06
  62.   Hypocrisy to the Max 04:52  |  Michael-Syd 19/09/06
  63.   #31 Common Sense 04:56  |  Michael-Syd 19/09/06
  64.   dont cry Lebanese 05:25  |  yo 19/09/06
  65.   Reply to Rich 05:26  |  Adam 19/09/06
  66.   Why not have Olmert tour Baghdad too? 05:30  |  axis of looney tunes 19/09/06
  67.   Another Agenda 05:31  |  Michael-Syd 19/09/06
  68.   Reply to Marco NO 7 05:35  |  Akram Malik 19/09/06
  69.   No visa for people who bombed you 05:55  |  Albert 19/09/06
  70.   ARE they going to see the damage by Lebanese agressors to Israel? 06:47  |  PETER SM 19/09/06
  71.   #48 looney tunes 06:50  |  sylvester 19/09/06
  72.   Re: fair`s fair 07:32  |  Cherice 19/09/06
  73.   How did Bishara get in? 08:14  |  peter 19/09/06
  74.   Pablo B. - MK Majali Wahaba is not Jewish 08:54  |  Judith 19/09/06
  75.   Absolute Sweden, Absolute crap 09:23  |  Maral 19/09/06
  76.   GIMPEL the FOOL / ALBERT the FOOL / ISAAC B. SINGER 09:33  |  DAVID KOHEN 19/09/06
  77.   #18 - Lebanese 09:37  |  Kaelinda 19/09/06
  78.   Lebanon is Offically at War with Israel 09:39  |  Karim 19/09/06
  79.   To 55 09:40  |  Jozef 19/09/06